The Woman Behind Peekskill's Magic -
Patch.com
Margaret Steele moved to Peekskill one
year ago with more than a bag of tricks.
Steele has thirty interesting years of
experience as a Broadway oboe player, a
performer and a magician. She is also a
licensed acupuncturist; extremely
knowledgeable on the ancient art and
practice. Who better to do your
acupuncture treatments than a woman who
works magic?...
Publ.Date : Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:35:18
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Master illusionist Lyn Dillies coming to
Oneida Nov. 5
With more than 20 years of experience up
her sleeve, master illusionist Lyn
Dillies has mesmerized audiences
throughout the world. She has been
hailed as the finest female magician in
the land as well as one of America’s top
illusionists. Dillies brings a
family-friendly experience and at the
same time is one of the most outstanding
magical performers in the country.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:00:13
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'The Magician' to appear at silent film
night - Topeka Capital-Journal
A mad scientist trying to create life in
a laboratory in a high tower atop a
craggy mountain as thunder and lightning
terrorize superstitious villagers below
might seem a horror movie cliche, but
Rex Ingram was setting a paradigm in
1926 when he directed "The Magician,"
the feature film Friday at the 14th
annual Silents in the Cathedral
program....
Publ.Date : 2011-10-24T21:36:33Z

NEWS: "America's Got Talent" magician
Michael Trixx to appear in Naples -
Naples Daily News
Lester Productions announced Monday that
"The Fabulous Fakers™," a
family-friendly variety show built
around magicians and illusionists - i.e.
"people who fake" - will be in Naples
for one night only on January 17, 2012.
The show stars headliner Islamorada
"rock 'n roll magician" Michael Trixx,
who appeared on season 3, episode 7 of
"America's Got Talent."...
Publ.Date : 2011-10-04T10:04:26Z

Houdini Returns. (Of Course.) - New York
Times (blog)
On Sept. 27, in a caper worthy of the
intrigue-filled story of the
Houdini-Weiss family burial plot,
self-styled commandos from the Houdini
Museum in Scranton, Pa., took it upon
themselves to install a reproduction of
the bust, in what they hope will be
durable statuary concrete. Though they
operated in broad daylight, they did so
without alerting the cemetery or the
magicians’ society. After years in which
blame and responsibility were traded and
shifted over the condition of the
Houdini grave site, the commandoes
decided a fait accompli was in order.
Publ.Date : Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:10:12
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Magic show preview: The trick to a good
magic show - Ottawa Citizen
Greg Frewin got his first magic kit when
he was seven years old. It was nothing
fancy, just a bunch of simple magic
tricks, a magic hat and other
paraphernalia to instruct budding
magicians about the art of magic. His
parents ordered the kit after he saw it
advertised on television. Frewin spent
hours entertaining his friends in his
hometown of Hamilton. But it wasn’t
until he was 12 and his grandfather took
him to Toronto to see Canadian magician
Doug Henning that Frewin truly became
spellbound.
Publ.Date : Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:11:53
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Joel A. Brash, 1944-2011 - Chicago
Tribune
Magic grabbed Joel A. Brash in the
1960s, when he was a University of
Wisconsin football player. Walking
through his dormitory one day, he saw a
fellow student performing card tricks.
Like most people fooled by a trick, he
wanted to know how it was done. "He kept
pestering him until the guy finally
said: 'There are no shortcuts; here's
some books. You can teach yourself,'"
said Mr. Brash's wife, Arlene. "And so
he did just that." Mr. Brash went on to
become a well-known Chicago-area
magician who under the stage name JB
Brash performed at private parties,
corporate hospitality suites and trade
shows. Mr. Brash, 67, died of
complications related to a stroke
Thursday, Oct. 20, in Evanston Hospital.
He was a resident of Deerfield....
Publ.Date : 2011-10-25T23:08:25Z

On The Market: Magician's House Hoping
for $6.25 Million Card Trick
62 Jane Street is one of five Greek
Revival homes built in 1848 by old-timey
developer and mason Stacey Pitcher, and
now it's on the market for $6,250,000...
The most fun fact about 62 Jane, though?
It was the residence of the Lower East
Side born-and-bred Harry Lorayne, a
television-circuit magician and "memory
specialist" who authored a bestseller on
mnemonics....
Publ.Date : Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:00:30
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'Theatre of Illusion' offers
cutting-edge spectacle in Fairfield -
Danbury News Times
Restoring a "sense of wonder" to the
world is what Kevin and Cindy Spencer do
for a living. They're illusionists who
say they believe in the power of magic
to bring delight, joy and comfort to
young and old alike. And perhaps this
commitment to their art is what makes
them among the top performers in the
field, having won the Merlin Award as
International Magicians of the Year in
2009 from the International Magicians
Society, as have such celebrated masters
as Doug Henning, Penn & Teller, Criss
Angel and David Copperfield.
Publ.Date : Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:55:24
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Magician Max Maven Reads My Mind -
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
I’m sitting across from Max Maven at a
tiny table in the parlor at the Magic
Castle, and Maven – a legend in the
magic world – is reading my mind. I’m
staring at his third eye as he’s
preparing to intuit exactly what I’ve
drawn on a card tucked into a tiny
envelope, sealed with tape and hidden
inside a purse. ...
Publ.Date : 2011-10-26T21:12:42Z

Magician David Caserta brings 'Haunted
Illusions' show back to State Theatre
Magician/illusionist David Caserta
brings his "Haunted Illusions" show
Saturday to the State Theatre in Easton.
"Haunted Illusions" is a family-friendly
mix of magic and comedy and will include
levitation and disappearing and
reappearing illusions, according to the
theater's website.
Publ.Date : Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:04:47
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Magic helps explain math to students -
Chicago Sun-Times
For magician and educator Bradley
Fields, part of his show, “MatheMagic!,”
is about providing youngsters with
unlimited opportunities. “In my show
there is a feeling of wonder; a feeling
of infinite possibilities,” Fields said.
“The kids feel like they can do
anything. They connect with math and
they get a positive feel for it.”
Publ.Date : Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:24:41
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Local magician, ventriloquist team up
for show Saturday - San Marcos Daily
Record
Magician Todd Diamond and ventriloquist
Ian Varella will be performing two shows
for the first time. Todd and Ian have
been seen all over the world, including
TV specials in Asia, Last Comic
Standing, MTV, Pen & Tellers Sin City,
Showtime and many more. Todd and Ian say
this show is a way give back to their
home town. ...
Publ.Date : 2011-10-28T14:29:28Z

Spook Sells: Halloween's Eerie Evolution
Into a $6 Billion Industry - Daily
Finance
But back when Chuck Martinez was growing
up in the 1970s, the idea of a store
devoted entirely to Halloween was
considered kind of crazy, or at best, a
silly business plan. Martinez had an
unusual job. He worked at a San Diego
Sears Roebuck as a company magician,
performing at store openings and company
meetings. He also helped out at his
mom's magic store....
Publ.Date : 2011-10-28T16:16:50Z

Viral Video: David Blaine's Street Magic
- TheInsider.com
And so begins another episode of the
spoof video David Blaine's Street Magic.
One of the funniest videos to appear on
the web a few years ago, this series of
spoof videos of David Blaine: Street
Magic followed Blaine, played by Mitch
Silpa, as he tortures two passersby with
his own brand of magic....
Publ.Date : 2011-10-28T20:56:01Z

Magic and beyond: Appleton's Tom Boldt
not ready to give up on Houdini séance -
Post-Crescent
It’s been a Halloween ritual since 1986.
Tom Boldt disappears from Appleton,
boards a plane to a pre-determined — and
sometimes secretive -- location and
tries to talk to dead people. Well,
actually, just one dead person. Boldt,
the chief executive officer of the
Appleton-based Boldt Company, is a guest
at the annual Houdini Séance, a
tradition that began in 1927 as a
promise Harry Houdini’s wife, Bess, made
to her husband. ...
Publ.Date : 2011-10-30T09:19:17Z

Boca-based magic group has a strong
following
At age 12, Herb Arno performed magic
tricks for his friends, and he
eventually worked as a magician as a
side job. About eight years ago, the
Greenacres resident joined the Society
of American Magicians Assembly 274 in
Boca Raton. The longtime member of the
national Society of American Magicians
and the International Magicians Society
said the local club is a strong one.
Publ.Date : Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:21:27
-0700

Twin Falls' Club of Magicians Will
Perform Together for the First Time in
November - Twin Falls Times-News
Strange things happen when the Magic
Valley Magicians get together. Objects
disappear. Coins, playing cards and
scarves can pop out of nowhere. Nothing
is as it appears. “We have a lot of fun
in our club just showing tricks to each
other,” said Olen Foreman, president of
the fledgling group. The local club was
formed in January with four members and
has since grown to nine. While members
enjoy showing off for each other, they
aren’t in it solely for their own
amusement. The goal is to entertain....
Publ.Date : Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:57:44
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